Thursday, September 30, 2010

A Review, a Recipe, and a GIVEAWAY!

That's right, it's time for my first giveaway!

I'm so happy to share with you this awesome product I picked out from Cookware.com, a CSN Store.

But before we get to the giveaway, I have to introduce you to this little gadget so you can get to know each other!

herb chopper 1


This shiny little tool is a double-bladed herb chopper.

Oooooooh.

Ahhhhhh.


I picked this tool mostly because I chop a lot of herbs, and I always find it hard to really mince them well. I've tried the roll and chop technique, but after the first initial roll, it's hard to roughly chop past that without getting the herb all over your hands. I loved that this has two blades, and is rounded so you can easily maneuver around the heap of herbs without having to constantly reposition them.

When I first opened the box, I must say, I was surprised at how sharp this thing is! I mean, it is sort of a type of knife, but I knew right then it was going to do some serious chopping!

For my first experience with the chopper, I grabbed some cilantro for a marinade.

herb chopper 2


And in just a few quick rocks back and forth...

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...it looked like this!

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So easy! And cleanup was a breeze, I just rinsed it off and dried it. Since we're only dealing with herbs, there was no need to worry about cleaning it thoroughly.

And now on to what I did with those herbs!

I threw them in a ziplock with chicken breasts and this:

Goya Mojo


This is one of my favorite marinades for chicken. So much flavor! And letting the cilantro marinade with it all really lets out all the great flavor it brings.

marinating


I let this marinate overnight to get all the wonderful flavors to seep into the chicken.

The next day, I got out the chicken, Chris started the grill, and I started to make some pseudo-Mexican rice. I say pseudo because I didn't have any sort of a recipe, sort of just threw ingredients into the rice cooker!

I started with some red onion...

rice 1


And some cilantro, which I chopped with my Cuisinox herb chopper, of course!

rice 2


I put it all in the rice cooker with some rice, some Chipotle Tabasco Sauce, some generic red taco sauce, and salt and pepper.

rice 3


I threw some water in, turned on the rice cooker, and when it was done, plated it up with the chicken! Super easy!

finished meal


Very tasty meal, and there were so few steps! Not to mention my handy-dandy new Cuisinox herb chopper made it even easier!

How would you like to add one of these to your kitchen?? Well you can! The wonderful people at CSN Stores have given me the opportunity to give one away to one of my fabulous readers!

**The Giveaway**


The giveaway for this Cuisinox Double-Bladed Herb Chopper starts right now (yes, right now!) and goes through Sunday, October 3rd, Midnight CST.

To enter, comment on this post and tell me what was the best meal you made in the past month. Easy peasy!

For extra entries, blog about the giveaway, post it on Facebook, tweet it, or any other way of sharing it with others! Then come back here and leave me a new comment for each extra entry.

To be eligible to win, you must be a follower of Food, Wine, & Mod Podge, and a resident of the US or Canada.

I will announce the randomly-selected winner on Monday, October 4th, so keep a watch out for it!

herb chopper 1


Good luck!

37 comments:

  1. Great giveaway! The best recipe I made this past month was Grilled Chicken and Veggie Tortellini.

    Thanks for the chance!

    epfaulkner@gmail.com

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  2. I made Coconut Chicken Curry that turned out fabulous!
    bukaeyes@aol.com

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  3. The best meal I made this month, I think, was Chicken Marbella. My husband would argue it was Tater Tot Casserole. He's an easy man to please. :)

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  4. What a great tool! I was just trying to chop green onion yesterday with a dull knife and it was horrible! The pieces were huge and I was envisioning how they chop everything so nicely on Food Network.

    We made spinach & artichoke pasta a few weeks ago and it was really good. I pigged out on the leftovers for the next 2 nights!

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  5. P.S. I tweeted about it!

    http://twitter.com/epfaulkner/status/26036232302

    epfaulkner@gmail.com

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  6. My homemade chicken pot pie! This tool is my new best friend!

    whelbysalker@gmail.com

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  7. Tomato and sausage risotto. SO good, and the leftovers just might be even better!!

    :) So cool that you're doing contests on your blog, Katie!!

    nataliecubbal@gmail.com

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  8. I think the best thing about this chopper is the double handles: two hands on the chopper means no fingers on the chopping board to be chopped!

    As for the best meal, that's got to be the pork chops scarpariello with a side of spanish rice. Possibly the fanciest tailgate meal I've ever had!

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  9. thanks for stopping by, I've seen those herb choppers in the shops but haven't ever purchased it. You make it look a lot easier than my regular chopping method though, so I'm tempted. Perhaps it'll make the Christmas list this year...

    Best meal this week was a bolognese sauce that I seasoned with cinnamon and whole cloves, cayenne pepper, and dried red chili flakes...delicious!!

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  10. That looks really cool. I think I need it! The best meal I cooked in the past month was a simple fish dinner with a sauce of capers, olives, and herbs that complemented the fish perfectly. I have yet to blog about it but it is coming soon!

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  11. awesome giveawy! the best meal we made was homeade pizza! We don't cook that often, so this was superb. :)

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  12. The best one this past month was peanut butter chicken.

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  13. Found your blog through links! Love your blog!
    If you ever need new recipes or want to be featured..than please come become a follower to see daily updates and email us if you would like us to feature you!!!

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  14. What a cool tool! My best meal lately was Baked Pasta with Sausage, Cheese, and Basil. Love it!!

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  15. My latest meal was stuffed shells.

    hillaryanna at yahoo dot com

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  16. I tweeted http://twitter.com/Hillary82/status/26139934682

    hillaryanna at yahoo dot com

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  17. Hmmm, apparently MY porkchops were already taken. That's okay.

    I made some heavily-spiced strip steaks for a friend and my sister, along with a payload of roasted-then-sauteed poblanos (and onions). I may never buy bell peppers again.

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  18. I made a pasta dish recently that was great! My kids ate and the difficult one (hubby) even ate it! Good stuff! Here's the link to my blog post on it:
    http://ourcaseyfamily.blogspot.com/2010/09/whats-for-dinner.html

    Thanks!
    Marla
    mrsmarlacasey at hotmail dot com

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  19. My best meal this month was definitely the Corned Beef and Cabbage. I also used the leftovers to make Corned Beef hash and it was just as delicious.

    Thanks for the opportunity to enter.

    dizzybloom(at)gmail(dot)com

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  20. Posted this giveaway on my Facebook page.

    http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001276074930&v=wall&story_fbid=164240080254389&ref=mf

    dizzybloom(at)gmail(dot)com

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  21. Tweet

    http://twitter.com/HeartnSoulmom/status/26214452264

    dizzybloom(at)gmail(dot)com

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  22. Brand new follower here :)
    Hope you'll come visit and follow me too!
    Shauna from http://www.trying2staycalm.com/

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  23. What a neat tool:)
    My best meal I made was meatloaf,mashed potatoes and corn
    thanks for the giveaway
    follow
    aunteegem@yahoo.com

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  24. The best meal I made this month was a sweet and sour chicken stir fry over brown rice and julienne vegetables.
    kdanna1@yahoo.com

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  25. We did Corn Beef and Cabbage the other day, normally we save that for St. Pats day but hubby had a craving. I love this knife, so cool!

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  26. Tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/momof2dancers/status/26240352780

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  27. i made ginger garlic marinated flank steaks with wasabi garlic mashed potatoes and fresh green beans with soy sauce and garlic!! yumm!! i'm obsesses with Garlic!!

    misscasey(at)woh(dot)rr(dot)com

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  28. i tweeted about this :)

    http://twitter.com/MissLeeThatsMe/status/26248964899

    misscasey(at)woh(dot)rr(dot)com

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  29. My husband does the cooking for us, and the best meal he made was Beef Bourgignon! I do the baking, so the best thing I made was probably chocolate chip cookies.

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  30. I blogged:

    http://quiltznhoez.blogspot.com/2010/10/giveaways-to-enter-this-week.html

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  31. I tweeted:

    http://twitter.com/FakeGradSchool/status/26250177160

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  32. The best meal I made this past month is Roasted Chicken with Root Vegetables.

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  33. My best meal was a soup I improvised. We are a gluten free, sugar free household, and we have been using coconut oil and red palm oil lately for health benefits. This was a leek, broccoli, celery, potato soup with curry and coconut. Plus nut coconut muffins. See why I need this tool to chop?
    jhbalvin at gmail dot com

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  34. Actually, just last night I made tilapia and tried out a new recipe. Oh was it tasty!! (and easy too). Baked the fish w/ onions, green pepper, tomatoes, and lemon slices. So fresh and delicious.

    celeste@mail4me.com

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  35. mmm a giveaway! fun times. i'm calling this a mezzaluna in my head, even if it's not technically the same thing :) i would say the favorite meal i made this month was tonight - simple but delicious pizza! i topped it with red sauce, shredded chicken, thinly slided prosciutto, a little olive tapenade, fresh mozzarella and basil. the crust was perfectly thin and crispy!

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  36. i also tweeted! and btw this is annie! :)

    http://twitter.com/#!/lilorphan18

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  37. The best thing I have made this month so far is Chicken Lettuce Wraps! Yummy!

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